Wonkette
Hey B’araq, Here’s another rotten egg for your breakfast poop salad: John McCain, the elderly gentleman born and raised in Arlington, Virginia, simply will not vote for the Mexican Supreme Court lady. Everyone values John McCain’s opinions and that is why he informed America of this decision on no less a stage than the floor of the United States Senate, in a Speech.
McCain’s reasons for opposing a Democratic nominee to the Supreme Court are quite original — something about how a judge might have an erroneous tendency to revise statutory law in a process insiders call, “legislating from the bench.” It is the hot new term in politics, 40 years ago!
Again and again, Judge Sotomayor seeks to amend the law to fit the circumstances of the case, thereby substituting herself in the role of a legislator. Our Constitution is very clear in its delineation and disbursement of power. It solely tasks the Congress with creating law. It also clearly defines the appropriate role of the courts to “extend to all Cases in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties.” To protect the equal, but separate roles of all three branches of government, I cannot support activist judges that seek to legislate from the bench. I have not supported such nominees in the past, and I cannot support such a nominee to the highest court in the land.
They make it sound like such a struggle. “I just… can’t… DO IT!” Lord knows what it’s like when these guys have to pinch a loaf. PUSH HARDER!
Speaking of anus, John McCain’s best friend Lindsey Graham has already voted for Sotomayor in committee and will presumably do so in the final floor vote, so maybe there’s trouble in paradise? Maybe Lindsey Graham is hanging out with Joe Lieberman more these days and John McCain is getting jealous?
Anyway, John McCain’s entire pretend state is made up of Mexicans, and his primary opponent in 2010 is some psychotic outlaw whose job is to shoot as many Mexicans as possible each day — a real base-pleaser if ever there were — so maybe this is why he will not vote for Maria So-So.
McCain To Vote “No” On Sotomayor [Hotline]
To protect the separate but equal branches of the government, I will not vote for a judge who is willing to exercise the power that makes the judicial branch equal to the legislative or executive. I will totes make out with G W Bush, however.
Oh WALNUTS!, never leave us.
For a senile guy, he sure remembers the Maine pretty well.
I think Walnuts haz a sad because of Miss Lindsey’s vote- and because they broke up.
From the guy who defended Judge Bork.
Jeez, Walnutz, just say “I’m an old white guy and can’t pull the trigger for someone who’s not white,” and be done with it already, OK? Simple, honest, direct.
John McCain, an original signer of the Declaration of InDependsdance, ought to know what the
hell he’s talking about, Right? (crickets…)
I see your HEHNGNN, and raise you a black birther intern.
I will never, ever get tired of that fucking picture. That said, I am very tired of wafflin’ WALNUTS!
Walnuts? Show me his Barf Certificate!
She is too activist! She will take our pitchforks! She will kill our white fetuses!
Burn the witch, burn the witch, aaaaahhhrrhhhaahahahhahahahah….
Fucking idiots.
John Who?
Where was this deep introspection when you were courtin’ the Ninny of the North?
I’m surprised McCain was able to squeeze Senatorial stuff into his busy schedule of appearing on news shows.
The thing that kills me is the only reason Sotomayor’s off-handed comment that policy is made in the Appellate Courts is true — and it’s absolutely true — is that legislators consistently abrogate their duty to write clear laws.
Can’t decide on a controversial issue? Leave it open-ended and toss it to the courts. Trouble reaching agreement during reconciliation?
Leave it open-ended and toss it to the courts. John McCain has been in the Senate for sixty-two years. Anyone want to count how many bills McCain has sponsored that contain gaping holes for the judiciary to fill in?
Fair enough, that’s the same valid reason WALNUTS! gave for opposing the nominations of Roberts and Alito–oh, wait.
He’s going with the classic posture of appearing to stand on principle since the vote will be so overwhelmingly in favor of Sotomayor that his vote won’t matter. Which is exactly the spineless play-it-for-appearances posture that that maverick guy in the Senate so constantly derides his colleagues for. What was that guy’s name — I can’t seem to remember it.
But what does Meghan think?
If the GOP Rat Bastards don’t want to vote for Sotomayor, that’s just fine. However, don’t feed me no bullshit reason which includes: “legislatin’ from the bench, empathy, activist, wise Latina”. Just admit that the mouth-breather wingnut, birther, teabaggers got you by the balls and your vote is purely political. We’ll respect more for it. Well, actually no that’s a lie. But see, I’m being honest.
my god, a judge who analyzes each case upon its own merits, we can’t have that. we need more robots! and anyway, we can forgive walnuts if he’s a little foggy on the meaning of “extend.”
SayItWithWookies: WALNUTS! award winning attention whore?
This is obviously payback for his EPIC FAIL of a presidential campaign. Gotta keep them niggas and wetbacks from getting too goddamned uppity, dontchaknow?
Isn’t he technically a latino?
can’t support activist judges - unless they’re named roberts, scalia or alito.
What a has-been. John, honey, WHO CARES??
SayItWithWookies: Yeah he’s real maverick, alright. Voting to please the basest elements of his party. Tomorrow he’ll be reciting The Pledge on the floor of the senate.
hobospacejunkie: And watching Carl Levin run the other way, no doubt.
Clarence Thomas and Nino Scalia would never legislate from the bench. And they are neither wise nor Latina.
Sen Graham is in hopes he’ll be nominated to SCOTUS when the GOP steals another election so he’s standing pat.
the bf:
or Thomas….
Meanwhile, Cindy was recently tweeting that Honolulu didn’t have enough Starbucks.
facehead: !?!
The wise Sotomayorean will have the last laugh when Puerto Mexicanos kick this bitter old gigolo out of the Senate and into one of Cindy’s many retirement pens.
Awesome John. Nothing like both white guys in a state with a non-trivial hispanic minority hating on the browns. Good luck with that.
HA HA HA HA
NPR just reported this, noting that Walnuts’s “close friend” Lindsay Graham was voting in favor of Sotomayor.
John’s pissed at the Mexicans because his maids keep giving Cindy back her pills that old McBall’s keeps hiding from her.
And here I am, worried that she’s too conservative.
did he mention his primary opponent is a “Watchman,” or some guy named Paul Revere, or maybe a birther bitter from the Minutemen (better known by their acronym, NAMBLA)? I forgetz. Regardless, whomever he’s running against in the primary hates messicans, even the legal ones. this particular brand of pre-diabetic fat white guy who loves sweet blond haired blue eyed baby jeezus (R-Bethlehem) and hates messicans for stealing all the $4/hour jobs and failing english is very popular in the republican base right now and juan mccain knows this.
juan’s a lot of things: e.g. a non-native U.S. American, a child of privilege, a father to dozens of black bastard children, an opportunistic carpetbagger who has a thing for once-attractive skinny blondes, a son of admirals, a shitty student, a shittier pilot, and a corrupt as hell senator, but what he’s not is one who wouldn’t try to take full advantage of a very stupid and short-sighted political opportunity, try to turn that stupid gimmick into a “winner” but crap the bed for doing so. see, e.g. billy, snow. these idiots cannot insulate themselves fast enough. pretty soon it’ll just be Judge Smails, Joe the Unemployed, Michele Bachmann, Jerry Falwell’s rotting corpse, Ralph Reed’s buttplug, and Larry the Cable Guy.
Walnuts and his buds need to gather together for one last photo. Something we can show to the grandkids and say, “Oh yes, that was right before elderly white guys went extinct in Congress”.
You guys are getting lazy. Why no roll-over on Walnuts crazy face?
Hot Flash: John Get-Off-My-Lawn McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone(true fact)! He is essentially an undocumented alien. There is NO WAY that he is a natural born citizen. The birther buttholes actually had it half right all along. They should be badgering Wetback Walnuts to come clean about his foreign birth. Has anyone actually seen his “birth certificate”? This south-of-the-border interloper has infiltrated the government for what nefarious purposes, hmmmm?
chascates: Scalia is Italian, I think, hence a LATIN.
Zhu Bajie
and dont forget walnuts spent 5 years hangin out with commies.
he is also a douchebag.
GO TO BED OLD MAN!
Justin Time: Yes, he actually did release his birth certificate. Yes, he was born in the Panama Canal. Because his father and grandfather were serving America overseas for his country. John McCain served his country honorably in the Vietnam War and suffered thru 5 years in captivity being beaten daily for being an American. Can Barack Obama say he gave so much to his country as John McCain?
Convincing statement, that. Why didn’t he just say “I’m not votin’ for the ‘Rican chica that the Nigra in the White House nominated because she is a Democrat, and maybe once said something stupid about wise Latinas” full stop.
The dude stands up to five years of torture by the Vietnamese but falls to his knees in terror when faced with a gang of pudgy, teabaggers.
John McCain suffered for five years, but has led a life of privilege while growing up an admiral’s son and serving as a GOP politician. African Americans suffered for 400 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1963 and still pay an exorbitant price for their color; Barry had it better than many, thanks to his brains, but I’d call the obstacles faced by the two about even. McCain was a POW for five, but Barry has to be black every day. And unlike us Nam-era draftees, John McCain volunteered for military service and knew the risks he was taking.
norbizness: Nyuck. He’s also remembering the Alamo, and the instructions to not fire until he sees the whites of them terrorist Brits’ eyes!
Did Obama really see this so clearly when he nominated her? That it would force the Republicans to either look like Mesican lovers to primary voters or KKK members in the general election? If he did, my props to him.
Neocon McCain & the Obama Puppet
Juan Maqén, you old Apache, you. What more can I say?
BTW, to Arizonians, hasn’t it always seemed, to you, that McCain was essentially a pensioner who just happened to be a senator for your state than the othre way around? The dude is a District snowbird.